Some years back my now ex wife used to leave the burners on while using our electric stove.

St-Sinner comments on Apr 23, 2022:

Ugh.... What men go through....

DenoPenno replies on Apr 23, 2022:

Yeah, it turned out being me who needed the burner knobs marked. :)

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

My personal state of consciousness is regulated by what I allow to become a part of my being. In other words, I am stuck in the era of being that I want to be in. For example, my house phones are from 20 years ago and rechargeable. Not that they are really 20 years old but that type of phone was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2022:

@PapPap You appear to think that you have found a way that your consciousness is separate from your body. I simply do not see it that way and I will not be convinced otherwise.

I was shocked today when I found out that 4 people I knew had died recently.

LiterateHiker comments on Apr 19, 2022:

Did they die from COVID-19? What was the cause of death? Sorry for your loss.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

I can't say for sure on Covid. Corky died last month in our local hospital. I did not get a cause of death. Peg had terminal cancer I am now told. Years ago Henry drove me and others to work at Chrysler and he was said to be 80 and died in a nursing home 16 miles away. Don is now another story. We hung around for years and I took him in twice when he was down and out. When Trump was elected Don became such a stupid follower that I refused to be friends with him any longer. He made me so damned angry that I just wanted to go into a cussing fit. His political leanings favored the Klan and gunning down those who would cross our border with Mexico. Gun them down and let them lay, he said. I cussed him out one day and told him to never come to my house again. I don't think he really believed me. Don's beliefs were kind of like Stephen Miller. I heard he asked about me once. He asked my next door neighbors. They found him dead at his place and said he was dead at least 3 days. That would have made him pretty ripe. It isn't that I have "lost" these people. It's just that their ages are closer to mine and they are people that at one time or another shared part of my life. If I knew you at all you are part of my memory and I should be a part of yours. The fact that we live in our own minds means the memories are not the same. I'm reclusive and misanthrope like but I see people like characters in a movie. It's my movie but from your side it would be your movie. I knew Don for over 40 years I guess. We never discussed politics until Trump came along.

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

My personal state of consciousness is regulated by what I allow to become a part of my being. In other words, I am stuck in the era of being that I want to be in. For example, my house phones are from 20 years ago and rechargeable. Not that they are really 20 years old but that type of phone was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

@PapPap Most people would read my words and take the remarks to mean me personally. I am speaking of me personally. The mechanics of all this was in no way what was implied and you know that to..

“Life has no meaning a priori - it is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but ...

Garban comments on Apr 20, 2022:

The quintessential existentialist! Short 6 minute video to see if you may want to learn more. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQsZxDQgzU

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

Nice video. I can certainly agree that life does not have some preordained purpose. Too many think that it does. The religious for one, then some on this site want to have a creator god in some form for some damned strange reason. I don't get that.

Irrefutable Godly Contact?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

If I believe in a creator god what belief system do I use in order to come to that conclusion? Next, I use an alien being in some fashion as a creator and I have the same problems. My question is why would I be worried about an eternal life filled with joy and contentment? That has to worry so many ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

@raymondahult Why does there even have to be a creator god?

Well, can't argue with Republican Jesus

Beachslim7 comments on Apr 19, 2022:

If you give your own money, its voluntary. You commies want to give away other people's money at gunpoint. Jesus fed the people with faith. Communists feed the people at gunpoint and starve. When you give poor people money, it always ends up in rich people's hands because poor people arent...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

Communists feeding people at gunpoint. "You commies giving away people's money at gunpoint." WTF! Commies did not do that. They didn't give a shit if people got fed or not. You, sir, need to find that form in government paperwork that says you can get your taxpayer money back. Surprise! There is none. Taxes are everywhere. Even in Russia. If we had no taxes our roads would look like those in 1700. Maybe worse. Then you come on with that crap of poor people not knowing how to use finances. I would grow up or go back to school, Trollheim.

Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the ...

Killtheskyfairy comments on Apr 19, 2022:

If there was such a thing as heaven and it was not just a made up thing to keep the masses happy with their lot, I think Dolly Parton has more going for her then just her breasts. All the support and money she has given to charity along with her voice and songwriting abilities are nothing compared ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2022:

The joke is funny because of a royal flush beating a pair. As a man I do not think boobs are funny. I admire boobs but have never found myself wanting any.

Irrefutable Godly Contact?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

If I believe in a creator god what belief system do I use in order to come to that conclusion? Next, I use an alien being in some fashion as a creator and I have the same problems. My question is why would I be worried about an eternal life filled with joy and contentment? That has to worry so many ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2022:

@raymondahult You are open to the possibility of a creator god. Are you open to the possibility that this creator wants to be worshiped and you should sing its praises forever and ever? I'm not.

I have realized there are some illogical atheist that believe some theist trolls are running around ...

hankster comments on Apr 18, 2022:

the illogical is rampant in the atheist community. just like the believers, people subscribing to what they want to.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2022:

Exactly so Hank. Many people in here think that Ukraine was the invading monster or that they deserved to be invaded, bombed, shot and killed. As for theist trolls, they are everywhere. :)

The Western media is not presenting the Russian side of the conflict.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

I know what the Russians are saying. Their soldiers claim to be just out there doing an exercise and patrolling the border when suddenly out of nowhere Ukraine attacked them from all sides. The rest of the world does not say this. Why would I want to believe Sputnik News?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2022:

@Krish55 Yes, but I see any media that is in English worldwide. I find it strange that people engulfed in American politics do not understand that. Iran and China even have English versions of news and I doubt they put an American slant to it.

Tax Day Is Tomorrow.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2022:

Yes, but at my age and with my income I pay no taxes really. In the end they pay me. This year was close to $2600. :)

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2022:

@Barnie2years Both and I am single (divorced) and live alone. Last year they screwed up and only gave me half as much. They told me it was a screwup and it would be corrected this year. It was. Smart asses keep on telling me we have to pay certain money like a stimulus back. Really? I keep asking them if they buy things. Taxation is how anything gets paid back unless your return was all a lie to start with.

Nope, no Nazis here . . . [vk.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

And this proves what? That this man is a Nazi. What is VK and who is behind it? Has it been around for a while or is it simply here for our distraction and amusement?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I have 3 out of the Hollywood crowd and several from Kenya and other areas. I limit friends and do not want 4000. One of my Hollywood friends has 4000.

Nope, no Nazis here . . . [vk.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

And this proves what? That this man is a Nazi. What is VK and who is behind it? Has it been around for a while or is it simply here for our distraction and amusement?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I have Facebook friends. Do any of them count?Some are important and not from this country.

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

My personal state of consciousness is regulated by what I allow to become a part of my being. In other words, I am stuck in the era of being that I want to be in. For example, my house phones are from 20 years ago and rechargeable. Not that they are really 20 years old but that type of phone was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2022:

@ASTRALMAX When I speak of the NOW I am not talking about a place in time. We all live in the eternal NOW. I use the term in my avoidance of every ongoing trend that continually pops up. I cannot live in that NOW.

Like defenders of libertarian free will, transhumanists believe we can make ourselves into who we ...

JackPedigo comments on Apr 12, 2022:

Years ago the Discovery Channel had a series titled "The Science of Sex." https://medium.com/sexography/welcome-to-the-science-of-sex-4096946af2d9#:~:text=The%20Science%20of%20Sex%20will%20be%20the%20antidote,the%20wonderful%20splendor%20of%20our%20vital%20sexual%20expression. There was a ton of ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 12, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Yes, we are not in control. Many times I go home knowing exactly what I am going to eat and I end up fixing something else. This happens to all of us.

Russian state television says that Trump is their candidate af choice.

ChestRockfield comments on Apr 12, 2022:

A lot of them are already on this site...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 12, 2022:

Not only are a lot of them on this site but they post things and block you from commenting. You find that you cannot reply to their group or post.

Russians discuss killing civilians in radio intercepts by German intelligence - The Washington Post

DenoPenno comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Very true. Putin thinks Ukraine is infiltrated with Nazi elements and his war will go on until **the Ukraine has been purged of the Nazi element.** Why just now? It is because he can. I recall similar things with internal people killings and executions in Bosnia a few years ago.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 11, 2022:

@AnonySchmoose The dead in the streets and the destroyed buildings are not staged. That should be enough to show anyone what is going on. Even so, I know a person that claims the destruction in Ukraine actually happened at another time and that is what we are seeing on TV. He must have seen that propaganda where the Russian soldier said that we were on a military exercise and Ukrainians started shooting at them from all sides. Too many lies here.

Russians discuss killing civilians in radio intercepts by German intelligence - The Washington Post

DenoPenno comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Very true. Putin thinks Ukraine is infiltrated with Nazi elements and his war will go on until **the Ukraine has been purged of the Nazi element.** Why just now? It is because he can. I recall similar things with internal people killings and executions in Bosnia a few years ago.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2022:

@Paul4747 You may be right all the way around on this.

From an alternate POV. [tass.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Apr 9, 2022:

That is a real alternative point of view - we Russians are committing more genocide because the West keeps giving the Ukrainians more weapons to stop our original genocide.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I guess I'm also a troll because I agree with his opinion.

Gotta be In the Year 2525 by Zager & Evans. I've hated it since the first time I heard it.

Lorajay comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Swingin by John Anderson

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2022:

I hate that John Anderson song. None of my memories go back to a happy time playing on swings with a girl or anyone. The purpose of the song IMO was to take adult swinging ideas back to a more innocent time. I think that was the songs popularity. I do remember playing on swings but not in any great detail.

Well can;t say I've been laying down and saying "Can't do anything, I've had a T.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 5, 2022:

I chews Jesus sounds like a good idea. On the other hand you can always kneel down at a wooden thing they call an alter and pretend to eat Jesus flesh and drink his blood every week or every month. Nice association, huh. Now go back in history to a time that if you vanquished an enemy you might do ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2022:

@Triphid What I wrote is humor. :)

Born on April 5: Gregory Peck: 1916 in La Jolla, California.

Marionville comments on Apr 5, 2022:

Gregory Peck…a favourite actor from that era.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2022:

@Lauren Melvin Douglas or Gregory Peck? :)

Lots of folks who realized that religion was a tall tale, go on to parrot what they hear from the ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 30, 2022:

I read your post and it takes me into viewing world conflicts and aggressions through the eyes of American political parties. Everything does not come out of a 2 party view or QAnon view. My best example is the never dying clap trap about Hunter Biden and his laptop hard drive. Yes, of course. We ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I have a problem understanding the language. My best reply is that the killing that went on that the video is showing should never have happened. Also, the killing going on in the Ukraine right now should not be happening. All of this is shameful and sad.

Lots of folks who realized that religion was a tall tale, go on to parrot what they hear from the ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 30, 2022:

I read your post and it takes me into viewing world conflicts and aggressions through the eyes of American political parties. Everything does not come out of a 2 party view or QAnon view. My best example is the never dying clap trap about Hunter Biden and his laptop hard drive. Yes, of course. We ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore OK. This may be so. I never go backwards into history of what is happening right now so as to explain it by something from years ago. I view this as a distraction that allows a person to avoid what is happening right now. For example, our own country was founded as a Republic. If we keep it right there not everyone will be voting and no women will be voting, and yet certain women in political office seem to be fully onboard with this. That's an oxymoron. As for Russia, I never once wanted to see what provoked Putin to attack in the manner that he did. As a Progressive I was more concerned with humanity and peoples lives.

Ah, that feels SO much better, have permanently BLOCKED @Twill now, peace and quiet shall once again...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Mar 21, 2022:

🤔🤔🤔 Why? Difference of opinion? You know....you don't have to agree with anyone here but the point in being here is to agree to disagree, for the most part. I've blocked 1 person in all the years (POS trolled me here then DOXD me on Facebook. Which was bizarre, as it was nothing ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2022:

Your part here about a Trumpster going full scale QAnon got my attention. I had a decent convo with one recently at my work, then he got to the part where Patrick Swayze is not really dead. :)

Do people bring their memories with them after they died - entering Heaven or Hell?

hankster comments on Mar 20, 2022:

I'm not aware of biblical proof of anything, but your memories expire if not used by the time you might have remembered before death but didn't redeem them. that's seems to be what happens the more temporally impressed an individual may become. they tends to express all the memories possible even it...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2022:

Yes, if you are dead you cannot possibly have any memories.

I'm a Believer

Sgt_Spanky comments on Mar 20, 2022:

When I was too young, I saw The Exorcist and it traumatized me. For a month afterward I was sure every little noise I heard were devils coming to get me. I believe I was 13 at the time. As an adult, I've seen many, many horror movies. I love a good horror movie. The most disturbing one I've ever ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2022:

i used to love horror films. Now that I am atheist they seem laughable but I still watch a few of them. The difference for me is that Christians believe all that nonsense is possible. Their bibble tells them so. Today I know the difference.

A very good example of how our founding fathers really felt about religion and fairness.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 19, 2022:

Per this quote, "But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Most Xtians have never understood this point and they certainly do not understand it today. Like Jefferson, I have no beef with Xtians other than ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2022:

It has been my experience in the last few years to find that every one of the believers wants to restrict your rights because of their own beliefs.

I'm going to try this

Killtheskyfairy comments on Mar 16, 2022:

So in other words, self isolation? That’s my plan too!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2022:

That's exactly what I do.

Trends, Looking back.

ASTRALMAX comments on Mar 12, 2022:

The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church during the High and Late Middle Ages . Early alchemists, physicists and astronomers like Galileo Galilei had their lives threatened by the Catholic Church. They have never been paragons of reason, instead, they prefer ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 14, 2022:

Yes, the Crusades. A military action where you will believe as they do or they will kill you.

Someone on here recently proclaimed that America, unlike Russia, does not censor people or prevent ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Sorry FrayedBear. I'm agreeing with OldMetalHead. Also, this Indian site that is posted here seems to be a site of Putin lovers. I stumbled onto some of their posts before.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2022:

@FrayedBear Oh, Jesus, and yes that is a swear word!

This logical contradiction has been around a long time but nobody wants to put their imaginary god ...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

When I was getting an MA, I took a class on Frankenstein and we read parts of Paradise Lost as Frank parodies PL. Concerning the war in heaven, I posed the question that since history is told by the victor, how do we know that Lucifer was not the original big man in heaven and Yahweh was the one ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 9, 2022:

Yes, but Gwen, it was all about that awful damned old free will. Flip a coin. Yes or no. Heads or tales. God will do anything to guarantee that every creature has free will. The bibble says this and makes it pretty plain. On the other hand Lucifer's punishment could have been more than banishment. God needed an executioner. Maybe Lucifer did not have free will. At some point it changed.

Someone on here recently proclaimed that America, unlike Russia, does not censor people or prevent ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Sorry FrayedBear. I'm agreeing with OldMetalHead. Also, this Indian site that is posted here seems to be a site of Putin lovers. I stumbled onto some of their posts before.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2022:

@FrayedBear The mofo has started a war and is talking about using nukes. Maybe nobody gets this?

I often fear about getting in trouble talking with customers at work but I have to tell it like it ...

Garban comments on Mar 6, 2022:

Please be careful, like Anne said. I understand you have principles, and should be comfortable expressing them. Do you have any local friends you trust?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 6, 2022:

Anne may be correct. I think my comments go down as discussion and mostly it goes over everyone's heads. As for local friends I can trust - zero. Most of my friends are dead. People I work with want to interpret what I'm about or what I said, etc. but mostly they have not got a clue. If you took too long on delivery for example, they would tell you why. How do they know? They were not there.

There is hope for youth ministries, but they must innovate to survive Gen Z is no longer engaging ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2022:

It does not make me happy either. The longer they drag this around the longer we have the invisible man and thoughts and prayers.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2022:

@skado Religious literalism is why some people claim they would die for this crap. They believe their god stuff literally. In other words, a great many of them think they will actually go to a place called Heaven to be with their god, and the big guy has a body just like they do.

I don't care if you like the guy's stances on what-ever topic you wish to point at, but you can't ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 1, 2022:

So you thought someone in the bible ate an apple? A popular conception that was never mentioned in that book. No apple. Sorry.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 2, 2022:

@dalefvictor i catch snakes in my yard and I try and force them to talk to me because I know who these serpents are. They can talk but they just slither away.

Even MTG Voted Yes {pdf}

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2022:

I am surprised the MTG voted yes and thought lynching should be a hate crime.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 1, 2022:

@barjoe What? Lauren Blofart.

Man who looks like he died 20 years ago, Pat Robertson, came back into the evangelical news cycle by...

Retiredsteve comments on Feb 28, 2022:

That’s just crazy!

DenoPenno replies on Feb 28, 2022:

Yes, Robertson is plain crazy. Can you believe that he ran for president and I was in my church dayz at that time. Thankfully he never stood a chance in hell of winning.

A recent post from our little community @Unity has spurred a question in my tiny but hungry mind.

CourtJester comments on Feb 27, 2022:

The ability to speak a full sentence without getting tripped up would help. I think this year’s state of the union address is being aired on Comedy Central.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 27, 2022:

OK, let's put this in perspective. Trump never spoke in full sentences and often changed his sentence direction and meaning as he went along. He still does that and his handlers want him to avoid testimony in court on anything. Then we have those that told me from day one that Obama could not speak in full sentences.

Texas's abortion law created a 'vigilante' loophole, inspiring dozens of bills from both parties - ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Anyone can sue anyone else. That is how lawsuits work. Whether the ones suing see any benefit is yet another story.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 25, 2022:

@AtheistInNC A maroon. No, you need to check on this. Anyone can sue anyone but it does not mean you will win. If an attorney does not want to take the case and tells you that you cannot win this is usually changed by something called money. Enough money and you can sue anyone. Again, you may not win. :)

Thought I might be able to post this and help someone.

Lauren comments on Feb 24, 2022:

My experience with FB has led me to believe that most of their job postings and half of their sales promotions are "fronts" to gather personal information for sales databases. I rather expected that, but was surprised that a number of job listings on LinkedIn are the same. A number of jobs I ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2022:

I may not do all of this but I think you are exactly correct. The link I followed could also have been on many other sites. I don't mind you having my general info but I certainly get angry when being exploited.

Texas's abortion law created a 'vigilante' loophole, inspiring dozens of bills from both parties - ...

Barnie2years comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Republicans so want us to be more like Russia, less like a true democratic nation of freedom and compromise.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 23, 2022:

@Triphid I have no bubble to bust and I am not obsessed with education or degrees. I'm certainly not into anything to do with supremacy of any kind. My remarks are in regard to American politics as seen and practiced by our current parties and the possible outgrowth of this. Nothing more.

It has been 5 days since I requested assistance in resolving my problem with access to my account as...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Maybe the admin has left.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

@skado Now we are all stuck at our current levels.

Texas's abortion law created a 'vigilante' loophole, inspiring dozens of bills from both parties - ...

Barnie2years comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Republicans so want us to be more like Russia, less like a true democratic nation of freedom and compromise.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

@Triphid Democracy is an ideal that we strive for. We were founded as a Republic but the goal of Democracy is freedom and fair treatment for all.

I have posted before about my flag flying Trumper neighbors and I drive past their house at least ...

Organist1 comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Either that, or they all killed each other.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

They are still there. The same vehicles are there and you sometimes see some of them going in or out as you pass by.

Putin Wants the Legitimacy of Ukraine and Russia's Shared Past

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2022:

I see this but there is something in Ukraine that Putin wants. He also does not want them to ever be a part of NATO which was formed after WW2. He wants Ukraine back and a guarantee they will never be a part of NATO so I suppose going backwards in time is working for him. I do not and cannot see why...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

@Jolanta This is it exactly.

Resurrection

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Mankind has always believed in some form of resurrection. This is a basic belief because we cannot accept that we will no longer exist at some point. We do not want our thoughts or ourselves to perish.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2022:

@Triphid I also use other sources besides Wikipedia and I watch news in English all around the world. This means I make up my mind later after seeing everything and not having it made up in advance. I even watch English news from Iran. It's called Press TV.

Religion, so hilarious! Lol!!!

Killtheskyfairy comments on Feb 19, 2022:

I had a Pentecostal boss who would talk about how he and his wife were visited by god and started speaking in tongues. I can’t even imagine the look on my face. It must have been incredulous contempt with suppression of the urge to laugh. He worked to get rid of me after that but the blowback ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2022:

I was once Pentecostal. it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys and most likely was started by one.

I'm wondering if the biggest difference between the original/originary fascist movements of the ...

Sofabeast comments on Feb 20, 2022:

Significant differences lay in policies. The National Socialist Workers German Party, were socialists, working for what they thought were the benefit of the Germanic peoples. Trump, isn't a socialist, more like a one nation capitalist with his needs at the top of his list. A common danger is the...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 20, 2022:

@Wangobango3 National Socialism in Hitler's Germany had nothing to do with how American's view socialism.

Flat Earther claims that Nasa makes us believe in aliens so that we'll shoot Jesus if he returns | ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 19, 2022:

After the Flat Earther Society's foiled cruise to the ice wall in Antarctic, due to no cruise line company willing to book such an absurd event, this happened: **Flat Earthers Land In Quarantine After Failed Attempt To Reach The End of Earth Ice Wall** ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 20, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez Another take on the earth as a flat object would be that this is the only way Jesus could return in the twinkling of an eye. For the round globe that we know a time difference could have him returning in some places on a different day, or he might have to return more than once.

Flat Earther claims that Nasa makes us believe in aliens so that we'll shoot Jesus if he returns | ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 19, 2022:

After the Flat Earther Society's foiled cruise to the ice wall in Antarctic, due to no cruise line company willing to book such an absurd event, this happened: **Flat Earthers Land In Quarantine After Failed Attempt To Reach The End of Earth Ice Wall** ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2022:

Where did the ice wall come from? Was it in their bibble? :)

Kim Potter is sentenced to 2 years in Daunte Wright's death : NPR

bobwjr comments on Feb 19, 2022:

It's possible she made a mistake, she did cry immediately after it happened unlike the others

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez Miscarriage of justice in my opinion. Cry or no cry she should have received the mandatory sentence. Hers was less simply because she was a cop.

One word killed my interest. Has that happened to you?

Organist1 comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Conservative or Trump supporter would do it for me.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

A Trump supporter is not for me ever. I'm tolerant but not that tolerant.

Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion More ...

anglophone comments on Feb 18, 2022:

A Jewish student, a Christian student, a Muslim student and a Wiccan student all attend the same class. How does Senator and Chief Idiot Rob Standridge plan to address that situation?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

I don't think he plans on addressing it because to him this is all about Christian faith. His and the faith he is trying to nail onto others.

Did you know that your credit score may well be a victim of the state you live in?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Keep you credit score higher by actively having a monthly bill of some sort going to your credit cards. This gets paid automatically and the AI simply reports the outcome. This is one of the things I do.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I put my taxes on one card and take most od the year to pay it off in payments. Interest is high because I let them decide the monthly payments. I think they like that.

Resurrection

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Mankind has always believed in some form of resurrection. This is a basic belief because we cannot accept that we will no longer exist at some point. We do not want our thoughts or ourselves to perish.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Triphid No, I just use the Internet to look things up. lol

Did you know that your credit score may well be a victim of the state you live in?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Keep you credit score higher by actively having a monthly bill of some sort going to your credit cards. This gets paid automatically and the AI simply reports the outcome. This is one of the things I do.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Mine are paid automatically through my online banking setup. I put my taxes on one card and something else on the other. Once a year I switch cards and the AI does not know much here except that I am never late. Personal expenses come out of my Visa debit and I have auto pay on my other bills.

In the spectrum of political/social thought I believe that the folks on the extreme of both ends ...

MizJ comments on Feb 18, 2022:

I see a problem that doesn't get talked about. With the exception of the far extremes the entire spectrum has shifted to the RIGHT. The name for this is NEOLIBERALISM which may be confusing because it's far from the left, it's among other thing a power shift to corporations. Google for more ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

I think you are correct.

Once upon a time there was a girl named little Orange Grifting Hood.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

An interesting story. Are the Trumps involved in this one and would the supporters get it?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Garban Looks like trump is also now a fiction.

Could you possibly invent a more expensive and less effective healthcare system than what we have ...

Theresa_N comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Since mainline Democrats are in the pay of insurance companies it doesn't matter that what we have is more expensive and less effective than any other system.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

But it does matter. In truth we have the best healthcare technology of any nation on earth. The key to understanding this is in the word "technology."

Do you shop at WalMart and if so does it bother you or do you think it is just capitalism at work?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2022:

These days I am not a big fan of Walmart but I still shop there. They are also my pharmacy. I also shop at 4 or 5 other places but paying more money for something has never been anything I like to do. Walmart will not "go away" just because you chose to pay more shopping somewhere else.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@MikeInBatonRouge Well said. This is like all of those who opposed the stimulus check but you never hear of the great troubles they went through to give their check back. Obviously they kept the money.

Like many long time Atheists, I tend to study the Abrahamic faiths.

creative51 comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Assuming of course that Jesus ever existed! I often wonder about all the interest in what Jesus may or may not have done and how it relates to religion. When I think the REAL question is did Abraham ever really exist? If there was no "real" Abraham, then all the religions based on him are fake ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

There is no evidence of a real Abraham existing. It is all on "faith."

Like many long time Atheists, I tend to study the Abrahamic faiths.

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Hmmm. So that could add another wrinkle to things. And yet again, poor Ol' Joseph is just the guy leading the donkey to the portable birthing center so Mary and Jesus can become the woman who gave birth to her son that impregnated himself into her womb. Ah, theism. So much realistic ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

To this we have to add that poor old Joseph was just too dumb to know that Mary invented the "god pregnancy" in order to save herself from fooling around. Yes, everybody was just too frigging stupid in those days but the real zinger was that people back then never knew the day would come when all the info can be found on the internet.

Can America & its people get over their stupidity?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2022:

Only if Blofart stops trying to educate us.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2022:

@FrayedBear An American idiot conservative Congresswoman.

Can America & its people get over their stupidity?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2022:

Only if Blofart stops trying to educate us.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2022:

@FrayedBear Oh, I got her name wrong. It is Boebert.

Most people get drunk on their 21st birthday. Here's how I spent mine.

Redheadedgammy comments on Feb 16, 2022:

I was working in a pizza place attached to a bar in Crown Point, Indiana when I turned 21. I got to serve pizza and sandwiches to drunks. I never understood why people drink to stupidity! 😉

DenoPenno replies on Feb 16, 2022:

I had times that I drank to stupidity. That might be why I cannot remember my 21st birthday.

I had listened to these radio shows on a crystal radio when I was 7 years old.

Andy4608 comments on Feb 16, 2022:

I had a crystal set with headphones, from memory it did not have a separate power source. The aerial went out of the (upstairs) bedroom window. I also seem to remember that it would only pick up Long Wave broadcasts (BBC Light Programme at the time).

DenoPenno replies on Feb 16, 2022:

I remember all of this. Crystal sets in my time here in America were AM only and had no power source at all. That meant you had to listen through a headset. Easy to build radio too.

Not even two months in to 2022, ladies and gentlemen, and we already have a legitimate contender for...

HankHunter13 comments on Feb 16, 2022:

Republicon Dittoheads, just repeating the wall to wall talking points on Fox and Fascists. All because the Twitler house of cards is collapsing. Adorable.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 16, 2022:

What? You don't follow Agolf Twittler. :)

E. O. Wilson: Science Explains Religion

DenoPenno comments on Feb 15, 2022:

I hate religion. I truly do.All it ever did for me was take me to extremes and I thought all of that was normal.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 15, 2022:

@skado Maybe. I was tricked into believing and lots of study got me out.

Do the American people support their government on Ukraine-Russia?

BD66 comments on Feb 14, 2022:

Joe Biden withdrew Afghanistan in a mess leaving behind $85,000,000,000 in military equipment. That was against the Taliban. You expect the American people to have confidence he could lead us in a conventional war against the Russians? I would not trust Joe Biden to lead me into a Dairy Queen.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 14, 2022:

Presidents do not lead you in wars. Our generals do that. They lead our fighting forces and not presidents.

Resurrection

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Mankind has always believed in some form of resurrection. This is a basic belief because we cannot accept that we will no longer exist at some point. We do not want our thoughts or ourselves to perish.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 13, 2022:

@Triphid Only in a debate. Here it is simply common knowledge.

It just blows my mind that after thousands of years of evolution and intellectual advancement, ...

Garban comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Thousands of years of evolution?? I think you mean possibly 3 BILLION years of evolution. There must be some kind of evolutionary advantage to religion or it would have been eliminated by natural selection? Perhaps we’re doomed. Nature occasionally trims a branch, maybe we’re sawing our own ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 12, 2022:

@xenoview This is very true but religion did evolve as we evolved. None of it is changing for the better either.

Oh my God... Ghostbusters live action TV show is in the works!!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2022:

Do we need that? The last good film I saw about them was Ghostbusters Afterlife.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2022:

@Umbrella_Guard The film was a tribute to Ramis and a new story with younger people and a way of putting all the originals back together again. I loved it.

I have a problem here that I think is based somehow in a cognitive bias and I need a little help in ...

waitingforgodo comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Visual memories influence perception.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 7, 2022:

Thank you so very much for this one. In my case as stated I forgot to say that I did appliances and HVAC. This means my previous notion that the furnace had a heating element that resembled one in a clothes dryer is actually a false memory. This would be similar to that hill we played on as kids but you go back today and find it was only a mound. The problem is in what you remember. Not being able to find your hammer in plain sight when it was there the entire time is a fear that the neighbor kid took it. Often we think things are a certain way to find that it is not true at all. Why do we do this and what is it called?

WV teachers told kids to attend a religious revival during the school day

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 7, 2022:

WV has become a backwater little shit hole depending on federal funds for survival and continues to shoot itself in their feet. When driving back and forth from Central Pennsylvania to Chicago, I often stopped for cheap gas at a little place there. The stations neighbors had a hand printed sign ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 7, 2022:

I'm sure the bibble told them who all was going to be damned to hell.

I have a problem here that I think is based somehow in a cognitive bias and I need a little help in ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Maybe the kid just borrowed the hammer. That said, I've looked right at stuff more than once and not seen it.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 7, 2022:

The hammer was there the entire time. I simply did not see it. My concern of the kid getting it would mean I had left it on my porch. It turns out that the hammer was where it was supposed to have been and the kid had no access to that area.

Faith is useless without proof.

Cast1es comments on Feb 6, 2022:

As they were about to take me in for surgery , a woman in scrubs was interviewing me at the hospital . She asked if I was married , if I smoke , drank , used illegal drugs , if I believed in God , to all of which I answered no . She then commented what did I use as a crutch ? I replied , I stand on ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 7, 2022:

@Cast1es I was speaking of "crutch" in a religious way such as religion being your crutch. If you have to use a physical crutch I did not mean to be demeaning to you in any way.

Faith is useless without proof.

Cast1es comments on Feb 6, 2022:

As they were about to take me in for surgery , a woman in scrubs was interviewing me at the hospital . She asked if I was married , if I smoke , drank , used illegal drugs , if I believed in God , to all of which I answered no . She then commented what did I use as a crutch ? I replied , I stand on ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 6, 2022:

What do you use as a crutch? I take it that she meant using religion, booze, or drugs is how we get through life. Maybe for a great many people but no longer for me. I don't even fall for the argument that you can be moral without god. Who cares if you are moral? Whether or not you are has nothing to do with gods. Hell, I'm an alcoholic who can no longer drink and I used to love to drink. I have not worked since last Wednesday and maybe had 4 drinks in all that time. That crutch don't work no more.

Oregon church sues town over restrictions on free meals to homeless people : NPR

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2022:

Regardless of all the homeless should be fed. Why? They are homeless in part because some greedy bastards somewhere tricked them out of their money through everything from second mortgages and extremely high interest rates. They are homeless because you took their stuff away as you led them on with ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 4, 2022:

@ASTRALMAX You might say I prefer a nomadic lifestyle because my home choices are mobile homes but that never means I am moving them from place to place. I am richer by living in them and I have been in the same place now for 15 years. What this does for me is that if I need money I simply go to the bank and get it. This lifestyle also keeps me humble enough to where I do not give a damn about the Joneses.

Not all things are totally wrong or right.

Sticks48 comments on Jan 30, 2022:

I've cheated death a couple of times, so that probably won't be happening again. At my age, I don't believe I will be stealing anyone's heart. I'm not sure how much fight I have left. I would definitely have a drink with you. I am sure that would be a good time. :)

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2022:

I was cheated just recently on a car repair. The mechanic lied. I am vocal so in the end it will cost him and I will not have to confront him at all. :)

Sad and ridiculous.

glennlab comments on Feb 1, 2022:

Someone is posting right wing bullshit in response, FGA is a right wing anti democratic orginization https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_for_Government_Accountability

DenoPenno replies on Feb 2, 2022:

@glennlab Rest assured, Glen, that when these documents have words on them like "ZUCKERBUCKS" you know them to be official and authentic. Oh, crap! I'm a believer now.

Sad and ridiculous.

BD66 comments on Feb 1, 2022:

Mark Zuckerberg put $419 million in to nonprofits in 2020. Those nonprofits mission was to "help" local election boards do their job. On average, Biden counties received $2.85 per vote and Trump counties received $0.89 per vote. The table below shows the largest recipients of funds from ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 2, 2022:

If we do not watch this our country might end up like Myanmar (formerly Burma) where the military literally took over because "they found voter irregularity in votes for the president." Is that sort of thing a job of the military and why was it on their to do list. The simple answer is because they wanted to take over the government and gave this excuse of a lie to be able to get away with it.

Priorities for next 14 days : No matter what , making sure I have no wear down panties on and ...

Aaron70 comments on Jan 31, 2022:

What are “wear down panties”…..inquiring for a friend?!🤔

DenoPenno replies on Feb 1, 2022:

@Buck Mine too. If they stretch too much or get rips they become an outside cleaning rag or a burning barrel fire starter.

Are homosexual natures created by nurture, nature, or God?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2022:

When I was a Christian I believed that homosexuals had chosen that lifestyle. This belief was shared by other believers who really want to define "sin" and choosing to "sin." Various bible verses back this up so it is no wonder that Christians believe in "conversion therapy." The problem is that ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 29, 2022:

@TimeOutForMe I agree with the awareness mentioned here by ages 6 and 8 etc. but it was not a noticed sexual awareness at that time. One example from my childhood is that we all gave Valentines to both sexes.

Good thing Neil's Canadian, and as such, Canada still has access to his songs on Spotify.

KKGator comments on Jan 28, 2022:

Rand Paul is another one for the hole. I hope he gets sued for copyright infringement. Fucking asshole.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 28, 2022:

Rand Paul is one dumb doctor.

Ex-Miss America Contestant’s Husband Shot Dead in Front of Toddler While ‘Evangelizing’

linxminx comments on Jan 27, 2022:

"He was independently evangelizing door-to-door..." So he was with his 2-year old, going door-to-door trying to get people to convert. The shooting happened just steps from Walker's home. If Walker told him to get off his property, that he was trespassing, and he didn't and just kept ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 27, 2022:

You cannot shoot people for trespassing regardless of all those signs we have seen that say otherwise.

Confessions first I am continually trying as gently as I can to find out why members of this ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2022:

I am atheist. Many do not like the word but it means "without gods." I agree we can stagnate but where do we move from here? I'm not sure if I am using science but I certainly am using logic. Problems with logic and reasoning in our world today is that many claim to have logic and have nothing ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 26, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Why would you enforce a position?

Hospital refusing heart transplant for man who won't get vaccinated

Tejas comments on Jan 25, 2022:

I hope the family sues for millions

DenoPenno replies on Jan 25, 2022:

@JonnaBononna Yes, they will lose. No shot, no heart. Just like my anti-vaxx daughter. No shot, no chemo. The medical community does not give a crap about your supposed "Constitutional right." If the Internet would have been a thing in the 1950's we would still have polio today.

Antisemitic fliers left at hundreds of Miami Beach homes | TheHill

Jolanta comments on Jan 25, 2022:

The flyers, contained in a plastic bag with small pebbles, list the names of Jewish officials who work at government health agencies and for pharmaceutical companies. I wonder what they are trying to achieve with this?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 25, 2022:

Possibly that Jews are somehow responsible for the virus and the pandemic. Then we hear more mask nonsense etc. because someone has figured out that pandemic clamor is really lost days of productivity and getting all your money that they can. The problem is -- this is not the Jews. It is none other than our modern system in these bad times.

I found this on Facebook...this painting says a lot...by Jonathan Harris aka artyougifted

Scott321 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Black history makes white people very uncomfortable. I watched *Judas and the Black Messiah* and it made me very angry. I wanted to break stuff afterward. What happened to Fred Hampton was wrong. He crossed over to “rebel” whites and Latinos also in dire straits. Poverty crosses over. For that ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 23, 2022:

I watched some of those same movies and was angered. Being white myself I get mystified when others try and tell me what blacks do and how they act, etc. One man tried to tell me what my ex-wife liked and it was all stereotype crap. His opinions are horrible and he has spent most of his life in prison. Many people today see only black and white and there are no shades in between.

Batty as hell!

freedom41 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

He got what he deserved for believing rights were more important than his health.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 23, 2022:

I work with others who think this way every day. My oldest daughter was one of them until recently when her rights became second place and her health went to first place. They would not treat her cancer unless she became vaccinated.

23andme is a fake, rip-off scam website.

Lorajay comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Argentina has a long history with German immigrants. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Argentines#:~:text=German%20immigration%20to%20Argentina%20occurred,of%20Buenos%20Aires%20in%201827.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 22, 2022:

@OldMetalHead I doubt it. I was stationed in Nurnberg 19 years after Hitler shot himself. He had followers but nobody thought he was still alive.

Poor Emily.

Fernapple comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Is she the only one, or do you still need to move house ?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@Umbrella_Guard Either dope, booze, or both. The only other distraction is that something is making them all dumb.

Poor Emily.

Fernapple comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Is she the only one, or do you still need to move house ?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 21, 2022:

Emily was at the Capital riots and actually went inside. I'm told she was so proud of that. She is soon to be sentenced, but locally and recently she was intoxicated and went the wrong way on the freeway. This led to a collision that killed a local woman. Her first offense will be mild compared to the DUI affair.

It is Janis Joplin's birthday.

LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 19, 2022:

And "Bobby McGee"!

DenoPenno replies on Jan 21, 2022:

Janis was great no doubt. When it comes to her songs I always remember the late Patty O'Neal best. I grew up with Patty and she sang backup for others. She was a local legend in my area and sang Janis Joplin better than Janis. (Is that possible?) Once she got on stage nobody wanted her to leave.

A Huge difference…….

silverotter11 comments on Jan 19, 2022:

The truly sad part is ALL the conservative/gop/trump supporters can not figure this out. But it is the democrats that refuse to listen to the progressives.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 21, 2022:

I agree that the Democrats refuse to listen to the progressives but the Republicans are calling them Communists.

A week ago I bought 2 cans of soup and they were both bad.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

I return such items to the store where I bought them. I have always gotten my money back.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 17, 2022:

I used to do that also but this was Walmart and I am now forced to walk a mile to go get my own product again. They most likely believe nobody would do this to save $3. I keep the fight going because it is all about food quality and if we do nothing they get away with it and we get shitty food.

A week ago I bought 2 cans of soup and they were both bad.

Pralina1 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

Reminds me “ lazlo s letters “ I red that book 27 yrs ago when my English weren’t good enough , now u made me look for it on Amazon 🙌

DenoPenno replies on Jan 16, 2022:

@Pralina1 I would not buy it at that price. You reminded me of Father Guido Sarducci from TV. He was a fictional priest created by Don Novello. I read a book written by Novello in which he did the same thing in writing letters. Most of them were funny as hell. OMG! I had to come back and edit this because it is Novello who wrote the Lazlo Letters. Novello was a regular on Saturday Night Live for a while. You and I must think alike. :)

A week ago I bought 2 cans of soup and they were both bad.

Pralina1 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

Reminds me “ lazlo s letters “ I red that book 27 yrs ago when my English weren’t good enough , now u made me look for it on Amazon 🙌

DenoPenno replies on Jan 16, 2022:

My remark about bad English and guessing that the person was from India was made only to show that stores now farm out questions about American quality control. In this case I feel that the soup was made here, but a lot of our food today comes from other countries.